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A. J. BEAMAN HAY PRESS.

No. 354,457. Patented Dec. 14, 1886.

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AfJ. BEAMAN.

HAY PRESS.

No. 354,457. Patented Dec. 14, 188-6.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREXV J. BEAMAN, OF OGDEN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES E. LOTT, OF SAME PLACE.

HAY-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,457, dated December 14, 1886.

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To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. BEAMAN, of Ogden, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hay-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings accompany ing this application.

My improvement relates to gearingfor running hay-presses by steam-power. The object is to so connect the gearing with the plunger that when the latter has been forced to the extent of its inner stroke to compress the hay and has started back, the reaction of the compressed material will throw the plunger back, provision being made by a loose movement of the crank to allow this to be done without waiting for a full turning movement of the gearing.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine, a portion being shown in sec tion. Fig. 2 is a plan view, a portion also being shown in section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged end view of the shifting mechanism for allowing the follower to run back. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of one of the gear-wheels, the crank, and the shifting mechanism.

The drawings exhibit only a portion of the machine, consisting of a part of the press-box, the hopper for feeding in the hay, the plunger, its pitman-rod, the crank, and the gearing by which the machine is operated.

A is the frame. Bis the press-box, of usual form. C is the hopper 'in which the hay is placed, fork full by fork full. D is the plunger that works in the press-box. E is the pitman, and F is the crank, the pitman being pivoted at one end to the plunger and at the other to the crank, so that as the crank revolves reciprocating motion will be given to the plunger.

My improvement is as follows: G is a bandwheel on a shaft, H, driven by a band, I, running from the pulley of asteam-engine. J is a pinion on the opposite end of the shaft H, engaging with a gear-wheel, K, on one end of the shaft L. M M. are two pinions at opposite sides of the machine, located on shaft L, and engaging, respectively, with two gear-wheels, N N, that drive thecrank F. The crank is attached to half-shafts P P, and the latter exward movement.

The operation is as follows: The hay is fed in through the hopper, and the plunger in its forward movementforcesitinto thepress-box, where it is caught and held by the retainers. The gearing as it revolves causes the pins b b on wheels N N to strike the pins c a on the ends of the crank-shafts and propel the latter. As soon as the crank turns below the horizontal line, as indicated by the full lines in Fig. 1, the reaction of the compressed material against the plunger forces the plunger back independently of the gearing, as indicated by the dotted lines. This shifts the pins to from the position shown in full lines to that shown in dotted lines, Figs. 1 and 3. It will be seen that the pins can react nearly a half a circle. As soon as the gearing has turned forward sufficiently to cause the pins to catch up and engage again, the crank will again receive for- During the interval the crank stands still. The plunger is drawn back from under the hopper, and stands still while the hay is being fed infrontof it. This movement is timed so that the hayinserted by forks full is pressed successively forward till the bale is complete.

This invention is applicable not only to pressing hay, but also other material of a similar light nature.

Having described my invention,whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hay-press, the combination of the crank F, its shafts P P, the wheels N N, and bearings R It, turning loosely on the shafts, and the interlocking pins a I), connected, respectively, with the shafts and gears, as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

2. In a hay-press, the combination,with the IOO plunger and crank connected by a pitman, of In witness whereof I have hereunto signed the gears J K M M and N N, the shafts of my name in the presence of two subscribing the crank resting loosely in the hubs of the witnesses. wheels N N and said shafts and wheels pro- 5 vided with the interlocking pins a 1), con- Witnesses:

structedand arranged to operate in the man- R. F. OsGooD, ner and for the purpose specified. WM. J. MGPHERSON.

A; J. BEAMAN. 

